Assistant District Attorney Kevin D. Canali said the cabbie was standing outside his vehicle just after midnight at the cabstand outside Seneca Niagara Casino when Tabb attacked him. Canali said Tabb wasn’t injured and had simply acquired the crutch somewhere, and he said the attack, which left the cabbie with gashes on his hand and arm, was not an attempted robbery.

Canali said in court the attack was recorded on the casino’s surveillance video system.